Swindon Stadium

[Dave Jones]

14 minutes ago, frigbo said:

Nobody knows what Mrs Osborne's appetite and plans are going to be - has Osborne left instruction and things in place to progress in a certain direction? It wouldn't surprise me at all.

Osborne gone doesn't automatically mean things will be any easier 

A positive way to look at the situation is that whatever happens next Swindon Speedway can't be in a worse situation than it is currently, but he will still be "gone".

[chun]

It’s hard to find sympathy.  Someone so obsessed by money that they want to lie and deceive and take away a pastime so treasured by many.

[Toady]

Is this the final nail in the coffin for Abbey Stadium? 
 

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/26619395.gaming-company-brink-collapse-swindon-100-homes-plan-risk/

[SteveLyric2]

4 minutes ago, Toady said:

Is this the final nail in the coffin for Abbey Stadium? 
 

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/26619395.gaming-company-brink-collapse-swindon-100-homes-plan-risk/

It's the final nail in the coffin for GI that's for sure.

[eric i]

So if the creditors have had enough and want their money back, and the council maintain its used for sport and leisure its looking positive.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

4 hours ago, Toady said:

Is this the final nail in the coffin for Abbey Stadium? 
 

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/26619395.gaming-company-brink-collapse-swindon-100-homes-plan-risk/

Also what does it mean for Poole stadium and the site of the former reading track ?which has remained unused and you can still see the outline of the track in google earth 

[Toady]

36 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Also what does it mean for Poole stadium and the site of the former reading track ?which has remained unused and you can still see the outline of the track in google earth 

Poole Stadium is council-leased and since the greyhounds finished a while back I imagine Osborne’s gear has long been disposed of. Reading was also leased and I believe the land is now owned by Prudential unless someone knows otherwise.

[frigbo]

8 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Also what does it mean for Poole stadium and the site of the former reading track ?which has remained unused and you can still see the outline of the track in google earth 

Shortly before his death, Osborne moved Poole Stadium LTD from Gaming International to what was his over-arching company Toklon. So the Poole element is out of the way of the Receiver.

[RoundTheBoards]

On 10/9/2026 at 10:33 AM, SteveLyric2 said:

It's the final nail in the coffin for GI that's for sure.

I hope, before they closed his coffin, they stuffed his mouth with garlic and drove a stake through his heart (or where his heart should have been).

Anyway, if the grieving bride-of-Dracula, Mrs O, is liquidating things, is this the time for the BSPL to get together and buy Swindon stadium?

 

[YeOldPitGate]

2 hours ago, RoundTheBoards said:

I hope, before they closed his coffin, they stuffed his mouth with garlic and drove a stake through his heart (or where his heart should have been).

Anyway, if the grieving bride-of-Dracula, Mrs O, is liquidating things, is this the time for the BSPL to get together and buy Swindon stadium?

 

Problem is the BSPL don't have £500 in the coffers let alone £500k

[Youhave2minutes]

On 10/9/2026 at 3:23 PM, Toady said:

Poole Stadium is council-leased and since the greyhounds finished a while back I imagine Osborne’s gear has long been disposed of. Reading was also leased and I believe the land is now owned by Prudential unless someone knows otherwise.

Needs some re assurance😂

[skydog]

On 10/9/2026 at 2:42 PM, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Also what does it mean for Poole stadium and the site of the former reading track ?which has remained unused and you can still see the outline of the track in google earth 

Osborne didn't own Reading, his association with it ended when operations ceased. The council told us Speedway would never return there so nobody should be encouraged by the fact the outline is visible.  They also said it was now owned by a developer but that could just be a subsidiary of the Pru who had some sort of stake in the land before I believe.

[SteveLyric2]

On 10/9/2026 at 11:28 PM, frigbo said:

Shortly before his death, Osborne moved Poole Stadium LTD from Gaming International to what was his over-arching company Toklon. So the Poole element is out of the way of the Receiver.

TOKLON, G I and several others of Osborne's companies were re-registered at Poole Stadium Ltd, so the connection is still very much there.

[frigbo]

3 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

TOKLON, G I and several others of Osborne's companies were re-registered at Poole Stadium Ltd, so the connection is still very much there.

Indeed. My point was the company Poole Stadium LTD was previously listed as GI being a "person with significant control and was moved to Toklon being "a person of significant control". Thereby meaning Poole Stadium LTD is not in scope of the Receivers working on GI.